Table C-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY19: by Education Tier, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER      
TIER 11 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 24,713 95.31 1,106 4.27 110 0.42 25,929 100
   Females 9,260 95.39 399 4.11 49 0.50 9,708 100
   Total 33,973 95.33 1,505 4.22 159 0.45 35,637 100
   Percent Females 27.26 26.51 30.82 27.24
ARMY RESERVE                      
   Males 8,066 92.40 555 6.36 108 1.24 8,729 100
   Females 3,963 91.17 331 7.61 53 1.22 4,347 100
   Total 12,029 91.99 886 6.78 161 1.23 13,076 100
   Percent Females 32.95 37.36 32.92 33.24
NAVAL RESERVE                      
   Males 167 93.82 11 6.18 0 0 178 100
   Females 81 84.38 15 15.63 0 0 96 100
   Total 248 90.51 26 9.49 0 0 274 100
   Percent Females 32.66 57.69 ----- 35.04
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                      
   Males 5,465 96.81 162 2.87 18 0.32 5,645 100
   Females 124 83.78 19 12.84 5 3.38 148 100
   Total 5,589 96.48 181 3.12 23 0.40 5,793 100
   Percent Females 2.22 10.50 21.74 2.55
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 4,034 99.65 11 0.27 3 0.07 4,048 100
   Females 1,763 99.44 9 0.51 1 0.06 1,773 100
   Total 5,797 99.59 20 0.34 4 0.07 5,821 100
   Percent Females 30.41 45.00 25.00 30.46
AIR FORCE RESERVE                      
   Males 2,166 99.91 2 0.09 0 0 2,168 100
   Females 1,436 99.93 1 0.07 0 0 1,437 100
   Total 3,602 99.92 3 0.08 0 0 3,605 100
   Percent Females 39.87 33.33 ----- 39.86
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 44,611 95.53 1,847 3.96 239 0.51 46,697 100
   Females 16,627 94.96 774 4.42 108 0.62 17,509 100
   Total 61,238 95.38 2,621 4.08 347 0.54 64,206 100
   Percent Females 27.15 29.53 31.12 27.27
                       
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                  
   Males 12,330,455 84.53 (2) (2) 2,256,503 15.47 14,586,959 100
   Females 12,774,262 88.05 (2) (2) 1,734,522 11.95 14,508,784 100
   Total 25,104,717 86.28 (2) (2) 3,991,026 13.72 29,095,743 100
   Percent Females 50.88 NA 43.46 49.87
     
Note: Enlisted gains reflect an addition to the enlisted ranks between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or a return to the same component.  The OSD definition of a gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
1. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development certificate (GED).  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
2. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2018-September 2019 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).